European Patent Office

T 0544/06 of 20.02.2008

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T054406.20080220
Date of decision
20 February 2008
Case number
T 0544/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
00910877.0
IPC class
B65D 41/34
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Bottle closing device
Applicant name
Saint-Gobain Calmar, S.A.
Opponent name
Valois S.A.S.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - yes
Inventive step - no (main request and second and third auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes (fourth auxiliary request)
Added subject-matter - yes (first auxiliary request)
Clarity - not a ground of opposition
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0001/03
Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following:

- claims 1 - 13 filed as auxiliary request 4 during the oral proceedings;

- description pages 2, replacement pages 2a and 3 as filed in the oral proceedings and description pages 4 and 5 as granted;

- figures 1 - 21 as granted.